Nothing but bad experiences with the union here. It was an "old-boy" group and they never did anything to help me, but they were always there with their hand out at the end of the week. Twice when I needed them they sided with the club owners, so I quit. They gave all the jobs to the "insiders".
By then they didn't have any power as it was a "right to work" state.
They are still trying to get me to join again. I tell them I don't need them and they say but we need YOU. Right, they need my money. By not standing by me, and believe me I was in the right, they cost themselves 35 years of work dues.
Still makes me mad to think about it, but it's sort of a long story.